Alaska ferry from Haines to Skagway, 1986 @alaskafilmarchives
Alaska ferry from Haines to Skagway, 1986  @alaskafilmarchives
Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Alaska filmmaker Bill Bacon noted that these scenes include the Alaska state ferry arriving at Haines, passing by the "North Star," and docking at Skagway in view of the old pilings at the waterfront there. If anyone has more information about the vessels or crew pictured here, please reach out to the Alaska Film Archives through the information on our “About” page (Color/Silent/16mm film).

From AAF-20042 of the William W. Bacon III collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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Alaska ferry from Haines to Skagway, 1986

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